SHERBORNES wrrH PAMBER PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL SHERBORNES WITH PAMB&IL ANNUAL CHARITY REPORT Year Ended 31" Dernber 2020 Registered charity number 1171088 Purpose The Sherbornes with Pamber Pamchial Church Council ISWPPCCI responsible for the running of the church in this parish wtthin the Diocese of Winchester in c¢TroperatÈon with the Rector. the Reverend Daniel Nevmian. This includes building up the church within the parish. promoting the Gospel in the name of Jesus. evangelising and supporting the preaching and teaching for the spiritual development of the congregation. The PCC is responsible for the maintenance of the thurdS of St Andrews in Sherbome Stjohn and All Saints in Monk Sherbome and also for the seryices that take place in Pamber Priory. The PCC is registered as a charity wrth PCC member5 as its Trustees. Objectives The PCC is committed to making Jesus krK>wn and building up the church in faith and love, by enabling as many people as possible to understand the G05pel message of sahtion and particularly to join the church congregation and attend ser¥t$ in the parish. Our servi5 put faith into practice through biblical preachin& offering thanks and praise to God through music. prayer and the study of His Word. When planning church athties. the PCC have considered the Commission's guidan on the public benefit for charities for the advancement of reltgion. In particular, we aim to help ordinary people come to and live out theirfaith within the thurth congregation through . Learning about the Gospel and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus Meeting together for worship and prnyer Missionary and outreach work To facilitste thi5 work. it is also important for the PCC to maintain the fabric of the churches and the Parish Room attached tri the Rectory. Activities and P£hievements During 2020 many of the church activwties were inevitsbly changed by the impact of Covid-19 restrictions Vocancy The vacancy S filled wrth the installation of the Reverend Daniel Newman in January 2020.
The Sherbomes Wtth Pamber PCC Annual Chartty Report (cont) Church Services ond otherregulor t7rtivities Services Dunng lockdown periods we have introduced live streaming of our Sunday and other services on YouTube and these remain available to watch afterwards. We anttcipate continuing to do 50 even when things are back to some nonnaltty. All are welcome to attend our regular service& The Covid pandemic significantly reduced the number of people attending services in person but the church YouTube channel was vrdtched by an average of over ILM) per week during lockdown. The average weekly attendan at all servi$ and all churches. counted during October, was 66 adults179 in 2019} and 17 children {17 in 20191. There were 102 on the Church Electoral Roll. The worshipping community was 154 people of all ages.1152 in 2019). The Rector has introduced new services to rneet the needs of all of our congregation which have proved successful in attrarting newcomers to the church, including Evensong at Pamber Priory. Building on last yearfs Remembrance Sunday servi, a tradwtional Remembran Sunday was broadcast on our YouTube Channel. COVID-19 restrictions prevented us from holding large carol servios this year. However. a traditional carol seNice was recorded in Pamber Priory and broadcast on our YouTube channel. To enable social distancin& the Crib servi was held at trxjth St Andrew5 and All Saintg on Christmas Eve and attrarted newcomers. Services were held on Christmas Day at All Sainw and St Andre& The church nomially runs a full programme of men's and women'5 ministry events* particularly Saturday morning breakfast meetings WFth a Christian talk and group discussion. One to One Bible reading and smaller groups usually flourish as people meet to read the Bible and grow in faith. 77 of our congregation are members of nine home groups which are held fortnightly. Prayer underpins our work and there are regular prayer meeting& Home groups and central prayer meetings have been held by Zoom where nessary Ministy teom Warren Trask has been empFoyed by the PCC as the Partsh Ministry Assistant in January 2019. Barbara Irving was linSed as a lay worker ILLWI in October 2020. Her focus 15 evangelism and discipleship amongst women. particular rnothers with younger children. pastoral care. and teaching women. Steve Howe and Andy Spence received the Bishop's Commission for Mission IBCMI for Worship: they lead Sunday services and Occasional preach. Julie Crawley joined Jenny Cooke in recerving the Bishop's Commission for Mission for Pastoral Care. Links with the widerchurch The Rector and three lay members of the PCC sit on the DeanerySyrK)d. This provides the PCC with an important link with clergy and lay representatives from Church of England churches in the Basingstoke area. The Deanery meetings cover the dMAP (Deanery Mission Action Plan) progress and finances. particularty helping individual partshes set their parish share to the Di0Se for the cost of ministers and other ntral costs. Deanery meetings were inttially suspended due to Covid and have now moved on line and are conducted via Zoom. We continue to be updated on activities and opportunities in the diocese.
The Sherbomes VKith Pamber PCC Annual Charity Report (cont) The PCC gives financial support to three organisations (Anglican Mission in England- AMIE, Church Society and Global Anglican Future Conference- GAFCON} which artively promote retaining the Bible. as God's living Word. at the heart of the Anglican Communion. Buildings & Grounds Regular maintenance was carried out on the church buildirEs. two churthyards and the separate cemetery in Sherborne St John. The building at Pamber Priory 15 the responsibility of Queen's College, Oxford. The following work has been undertaken. All Saints We have not made much progress with the Quinquennial report from 2016 and the next is due later this year. We therefore await an update to the actions required. There has also been a substantial deterioration in the hatch which gives access to the boiler room and this has been temporarily repaired pending better weather when tt will be replaced. St Andrews We have further upgraded the AV system which has allowed us to record and stream our church services on a Sunday morning. This has been greatly appreciated by a number of our congregation who due to Covid restridions have not attended setvices in per50n. The Brocas chapel roof has been successfully replaced and is once more watertight. Security lighting has been instslled. The quinquennial inspection report for St Andrews has just been completed and we are working through the artions with our Architert. General The project to repla the information signs at AFI Saints and St Andrews is nearing completion. Further clearance work has taken place in the rnetery and all Sides have been substantially cut back and the eastem border has been flattened. Evongelism & Outreach Evangelism and outreach IE&OI continue to be important mainstays of our ministry as a local parish church. We are called to reach out to our community wth the message of the Gospel and to ways to increase the number of members of our church. Inevttably, during 2020, COVID has had a huge effert on our plans and whilst Some initiatrves have been hampered or have been made impossible. new avenues of communication and outreach have emerged using technology. Our E&0 subgroup continues to meet regularly to consider and implement initiatives to promote E&0. Our new Rector. The Rev. Daniel Newman itiined us in January 2020 and took the chair of this committee. Meetings have been virtual to keep in line with COVID restrictions. Personal Evangelism With organised events beirE curtailed, an emphasis on petsonal evangelism is seen as a primary way to reach out. To better equip the church family:
The Sherbomes With Pamber PCC Annual Charity Report {cont) Our study material for our regular Home Group meetings in the first terni of 2020 was based on a book by Jerram Barrs entitled 'Leaming Evangelism from Jesus,. Our Lent Meetings in March 2020 were entitled 'Personal Evangelism in the 21" Centu and two sessions were delÉvered by a team from St Ebbe's in Oxford. Sadly the third session was a casualty of the first lockdown. With our Sunday Services being live streamed and recorded. we encourage our church members to share the services. or parts of them. with family. friends. neighbours etc. This new way of'meetin¢ has gs¥en us new opportunities to share our fellowship with others. Communication We have continued to communicate with our parish in the followtng ways: Our Rertor has a monthly artide in the Yillagerf magazine. All of our servi5 and events are advertised in the Villager. We have prepared and delivered leaflets to all the houses on the'New Eststeg in our parish. We are more active on s(Kial media. Our webstte continues to be updated, reviewed and promoted. Activities and Events Where possible we have continued to provide regularactivities and events: A Life Explored course was held after Easter. An Al Sainw Eve event as an altemative to Hallowe'en was held at both All Sainw and St Andrebrfs. attractinE a number of families who are not regular churchgoers. A weekly Bible study for the Christian mums continued to meet. Wisits to Marnel Lodge care home have been made sporndically via recoded seNice5 which have been very well received by the staff and residents. Our aim is to help those who have faith to keep trusting Jesus and our prayer for 311 is that even in their latter days they may have that assurance of sins forgiven and a certain hope of etemal life. The women's breakfast meetings have continued virtually and a number have been outreach events. The men plan to 'meeV more regulady in 2021. At least one'meetinrf will be an outreach event. The church toddlers group hopes to resume meeting once the circumstances enable them to do so. Various ideas for'corporate evenv were considered for 2020 with some of these planned to be held at the Everest Academy with a view to engaging with the residents of Marnel Park. Merton Rise, Spiers Meadow. Nightingale View and Sherborne Fields (the rapidly expanding New Estates Wtthin our parish). Sadly these were curtailed by COVID lockdown restriction Carol singing around the parish wasvery well receNed. Members of St Andrews have continued to lead Collectrve Worship in sherborne St John Primary School, providing Mdeos and going into school in person where possible. The Rector has also developed our relationship with the Priory Sthool, recording several assemblie5. Mission Support in 2020 As an active partnership in the Gospel. the PCC gave over IO% of its income to Christian missions, supporting workers with London City mion, the Abuja Bible College in Nigeria and Sim UK in
The Sherbornes With Pamber PCC Annual Charity Rewrt (cont) Bolivia. Home group5 are linked to a mission partner and regularly pray for the needs of that mission worker and also develop a personal relationship with them through regular contacts via email. Our church supported London City Mission ILCMI and our long-standing misstonary partner, Nick Labiche. Nicvs work was taking the gospel of Jesus and providing practical help to London's homele5S. through the Webber Street Mission la day ntre} and Hope Community Hornes {helping day centre guests make the first step back to having a home again). Through Sim IUK). the church supported Jonny and Olga Anderson as mission partners vtho are working to spread the Gospel message in BolNia to speakers of the Quechua language. A highlight of 2019 Wds having Alan Purser of Crosslinks with u5 for our Mtssion Sunday in March. Through Crosslinks, we also supported Ezechi in Kagoro, Nigeria. where he runs the Abuja Bible College and hi5 wife Florence seNes as administrator. The college aims to equip local leaders to teach and preach the Word of God frdlthfully. Pastorol Core ond other work in the community A PCC subcommittee focu5e5 SUPPOrt for pastoral needs within the parish arKI the church membership. Church member5 assist with local secular activitie5 With the aim of meeting people and sharing the Gospel with them le.g. elderly coffee moming and the Hospice). Member5 of our congregation also support the Ba5ingstoke Food Bank and we donated our Harvest Collection, together with regular donations throughout the year. Members of the COngregatn volunteer with Christiartrbased charities seeking to serve our Lord and Saviour in a variety of ministries amongst those in need, including Prison Fellowship, Cedar Tree Counselling and Money Lifeline. Wwthin the parish. until Covid restrictions. a team of helpers visited Marnel Lodge care home each month to hold a short service. The provision on Pastoral Care in the parish has been deltvered on the ground through the Home Groups. There has been training offered to Home Group Leaders on Anxiety and Grief & Loss. Youth & Children Pre Covid A brief talk in Sunday Services for the children 15 followed by separate activttses for the children with a crèche and 8ible education for different ages: Explorers 5-10 and Pioneers 10-14 with a typical attendance of 10 and 6 respectively During Covid Some online sessions for both groups have been running on Zoom. No Holiday Club was held in July 2020 dueto Covid restrictions. 5tewordship & Giving Giving to the PCC is organised through a number of tsx-effiaent methods such a5 Standing orders, pink envelope5 and white envelope donations using Gift Aid where tax can be reclaimed, and
The SherbOrrs With Pamber PCC Annual Charity Report (cont) schemes where donations are reiVed with tax credited such as Give A5 You Earn schemes and Stewardship Services. Tax is also reclaimed for cash donations in the church donations boxe5 using the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme. Of the total donations lexcluding Gift Dayl. 81%12019 78%) were regular donètions. A totsl of 46 parishioners made regular donations to the PCC during 202012019 471. Around 99% of PCC income from parishioner5 was tax efficient. The PCC reclaims tax on Gift Aided donations, including small donations through GASDS. at a rate amounting to 25% of donations, and in 2020 a total of £18.377 {2019 £19,47917Avas repaid in this way. This includes tsx redaimed on small cash donations (e.g. cash placed in donation boxes) where no Gift Aid Dedardtion is signed. Although holding a Gift Day is a successful way of raising funds to cover the shortfall in the PCC budget. the longer term aim is to achieve our budgeted level of income by regular comrnitted gNing. Employees The PCC employed a Parish Ministry Assistsnt IPMA) Warren Trask (part time whilst studying at Oak Hill) and a part time administrative assistsnt Wendy Howe. The PCC'S costs of employing the PMA. including pension costs were met from gFfts grantèd by the Sherbornes wtth Pamber Parish Trust. which is ari independent registered chartty 109WXJ. In addition to preaching and leading services. Warren led evangelistic work wtth young families until Covid restrictions. Volunteers The PCC would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community that it is. Particular thanks are due to the churchwardens Peter Marrison and Aslet for all that they do. Jenny Cooke (who retired as treasurer in October) for looking after the church finances and accounts and to all the other members of the PCC for their valuable contribution to our ministry. The PCC is also grateful to everyone who contributes on various rotas for the band, welcomin& reading. audio visual. deanin& flower arranging and leading youth and children's groups. Structure. Governance & Management The Church Representation Rules set out how the PCC members are appointed. The membership of the SWP PCC consists of the incumbent {our Rector). the churchwardens and other lay members. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting IAPCM) was eventually held by Zoom on October 25 when new PCC members were elerted by the members of the congregation who are on the Electoral Roll. All members of the church are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and can stand for election to the PCC. The PCC members are responsible for maknng deci5Fons on all mattets of general concem and Importan to the parish including decisions on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. There NbEre 5 PCC meetings in 2020 with average attendants of 89%. Other than in January, these were via Zcom and the March meeling was cancelled. Grven its wide responsibilities, the PCC has a number of subcommittees dealing wtth particular aspects of its work. These include a standing committee and subcommittees for Finance. Buildings & Grounds. Mission. Outreach. Youth &
The Sherborne5 With Pamber PCC Annual Charrty Report (cont) Children and Pastoral Care. These subcommittees report back to the full PCC on their deliberations and any important decision R•sks and Insurance The main rlsks for the PCC are the two historic church buildings that it is re5ph)nsible for. Insurance policies are held covering the two churches. the parish room and employerfs arKI public liability. The PCC has adopted a number of policies on how actNities should be conducted induding Health & Safety and Safeguarding for young people and vulnerable adults. 44 {2019 . 431 church members have enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificates. Health and safety checks, risks and associated procedures have been implemented to control ri5k5 and avoid Insuran liabilitie5. These are monitored by the church Health & Safety offir who sits on the Building and Grounds sub group. The PCC has complied wtth the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 {duty to have regard to House of Bishopg guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). rinancial Review Financial Review The receipts and payments account forthe year shows a deftcit of £ 13.451 {2019 . surplus £1.824). There were deficits of £ 7.870 on the General Fund and of £5,913 on the Building Fund (designated). with a surplus £332 on the Restrirted Funds. General Fund {unrestrirted} and Building Fund (designatedJ- excluding restrirtedfvnds shown below Income to General ond Building Funds Planned giving of £52,938 was 3.2% up from 2019. Collections and other one off giving totalled £19.903 dovm 30.2% from 2019. Included was the successful Gift Day. necessary to balan grving and regular expenditure. £11.765 was raised. A gift aid daim for £6,065 will be received in 2021 in respect of donatiorLS received in the last quarter of 2020 including the Gift Day. The total unrestrirted giving to the PCC. including gift aid. of £91.089 made up 96% of the total receipts of £94,626. Of the total givin& 73% {2019- 64%) VRS planned and regular. 27%12018- 35%) is made up of one off donations and less than l%12019- 1%) are from collections. The PCC continues to encourage the parishioners to support more regular giving which tt feels should cover the nornial day to day expenditure and would also help wtth future planning. The amount of PCC giving using gtft aid was £73,751 (2019- £79,764). including Gift Day. Fees. rents received and bookstall income amounted to £3.432 and bank interest totalled £105. Paymentsfrom 6eneml ond Building Funds Parish Share. During the year £59.712 (2019 . £57,642) in total was paid monthly by direct debit to the Diocese.
The Sherbomes With Pamber P Annual Charity Report (cont} Mission Donation& £ll,IfA) was mostty paid to our regular mission partners are LorKlon City Mission. Cm5slinks and SIM {UKI wtth small donations were also made to Church Society, GAFCON and AMIE. Mission donatK)n5 were 12% of our total income. Building Fund. This year £1,742 was spent on an audio visual project that has enabled Sunday services to be streamed live on our YouTube channel. £17.898 Nvas spent on the intemal and external repairs to the Brocas Chapel roof following a theft of lead and a further £940 on securty lighting. The cost was fully covered by the insurance daim received in 2019 and grants of£5,663 from Allchurches and HIHCT. Restricted Funds includes the following: The Toddlers group had a small Shortfall during the year. Income was £161 and expenses £454. The Christmas collettions. which raised £444 including grft aid, were in aid of Prison Fellowship, Cedar Tree Counselling and Money Lifeline and all were paid out in 2020. There was no movement on the Summer Camp Fund. A donation of £625 including gift aid was reoived into All Saints Buildin8 Fund. The n)of is in need of substantial repairs and the extent of those repairs and the source of funding is as yet unknown. The remaining funds of £1.415 from All Saints Bell Restoration Project conduded in previous years will be restricted to expenses for All Saints. Details of the employee costs funded by the Parish Trust are shown in the notes to the accounts. Reserves Policy It is PCC polity to maintain sufficient fijnds to be able to deal with building costs that may arise, bearing in mind that we have tsvo listed churches in our care. and to provide working capitsl. £25.lknJ of unrestricted funds was agreed to be appropriate. At 31 December 2020, the cash funds of £45,548 were represented by reserrfes in the General Fund of £18.055. in the designated Building Fund of £21.692, in a restricted fund for summer camps of £139, the All Saints Building Fund of £3.750, the Ail Saints Bell Restoration Project Fund of £1,415 and the Toddler Fund of £498.
The Sherbornes Wtth Pamber PCC Annual Chartty Report (contl Administrative Infornmtion The PCC is registered bwth the Charitie5 Commission as a charity in its own right with registered ch?rity number 1171088. PCC Correspondence Address . PCC Secretary. Mulbery Cottage. New Road, Pamber Green, Tadley. RG26 3AG Website = htt sw .churchbuilder.or Regular donations to the PCC are organised via the Stewardship Secretary Lynda Harding PCC members at 31" December 2020 were . Incumbent & Chairman . Daniel Nevmian Deputy Chainnan ." Steve Howe Churchwarden5 . Peter Marrison & Tim Aslet Treasurer- Nick Harding Secretsry: Andy Spence Licenced Lay Worker Barbara Irving Deanery Synod representative.. Nick Elphick and Pippa Aslet Other elected PCC members: Caroiine Elphick. Chris W(XKlward, Keith Bunker. Anthony Hugget( Lynda Harding and Bt Rohloff. Approved by the PCC and signed on their behalf by the PCC Chaimian, Reverend Daniel Newman Signed . Date .
The Sherbornes With Pamber PCC Annual Chartty Report (contl Unrestrfcted Dasignated Restrict Total Fund Fund Fund 2020 Total 2019 Recei Account RECEIPTS Voluntary Receipts Planned giving Collections Gift Day and other giving Income tax recovered Donat40ns - ASBF Donations- AV appeal Grant from Parish Trust Grants for Lmjilding repairs Receipts from activibos forgenet3ting funds Bookstall Rent reiVed Toddler fees and Pa 52938 52938 439 51302 1345 355 1W3 18163 19903 18377 500 1742 12769 28519 19479 214 1742 12769 16848 15270 115 100 161 3244 161 796 3938 3244 Other Recelpts from Bank and CBF deposit interest 105 105 123 Totsl receipts PAYMENTS Church Adivities Overseas and home missK)ns Diocesan parish share Church running expenses Building maintenan Clergy expenses 7405 13999 116030 137899 11160 59712 11604 59712 12084 57642 6342 4909 4917 6342 26485 17686 5328 6196 10591 22075 24554 21576 12769 1742 Youth woth and outreach Total payments 1869 92496 2323 13667 129481 2933 136075 23318 Excess of Receipts over Payments Transfer between funds 2130 -10000 -7870 25925 -15913 332 -13451 1824 -5913 27605 21692 332 -13451 5469 58999 5801 45548 1824 57176 S)00 Bank Accounts at 1 January Bank Accounts at 31 December io
The Sherbomes Wrth Pamber PCC Annual Charity Report (cont) Unrestricw Designated Restrict Total Fund Fund Fund 2020 Total 2019 Statement of Assets and Liabilities Cash Funds G4F Bank Lloyds WDBF Lo AJI Saints Bell Fund Cash 11692 4342 24cl 9949 10000 1425 114 45548 38395 8828 10000 1425 352 59000 10000 1425 81 18055 21692 5801 assets Income lax 6065 260 6326 5720 89 5809 VAT recoverable 260 6326 Liabilities Note to the Accounts (Employees and Pensions) During the year the Sherbornes with Pamber PCC employed two members of staff. Only one wanted to be included in a workplace pension scherne and we pay the related employer5 and the employees pension contributions to Aviva where the employee has a personal pension plan. The PCC has made the necessary declaration of compliance to the Pensions Regulator. The PCC apply periodically for grant from the Sherbomes with Pamber Parish Trust (charity number 109LI)01 to cover the costs of this employee and all applications to 31st December 2020 have been paid. The grdnt reiVed and the employee cost. are shown under re5trirted fund& Approved by the PCC and signed on their behalf bythe by the PCC Chairman the Reverend D Newman and Mr N Harding {PCC Treasurer} Signed - Date . Signed . Date ". li
The Sherbornes With Pamber PCC Annual Charity Report (cont) Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the Sherbornes with Pamber Parochial Church Council I report on the accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31° Dember 2020 and Financial Review. which are set out on pages 6t0 10. Respective responsibilities of the Tntstees and the Examiner The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trLtstees consider that an audit Is not required for this year under secrion 144121 of the Charities Art 2011 Ithe 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to = examine the accounts undersection 145 of the 2011 Att tollow the procedures laid down in the generdl Direthons given by the commission under section 145151 Ibl of the 2011 Att Basis of the independent Examinerfs Report My examination was carried out in accordan with the general Direcknons given by the Charity Commission. An examination include5 a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records, It also includes consideration of any unusual item5 or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanation5 from the trustees concerning any such matter5. The prOdre5 undertaken do not provide all the eviden that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement. Independent Examinerfs statement In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention ". 11 which give5 me reasonable c3U5e to believe that in any material respett the requirements - to keep accounting records in accordance with sertion 130 of the 2011 Att and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Att have not been met or 21 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached | Signed by . Date - 2oz/ Chaweevan Williams Verdant Accountants Limited 167 Clarence Avenue, New Malden. Surw 3rx